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Sam has twice as much money as Mary, who has $175 less than Larry. But Larry has as much money as Sam and Mary have together. How much money does each person have?
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document.write( "So the sytem of equations is\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: Mary has $87.50, Larry has $262.50, and Sam has $175.\r\n" );
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